6:1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
6:1 My son, if you become surety for your friend, If you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,

6:2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
6:2 You are snared by the words of your mouth; You are taken by the words of your mouth.

6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
6:3 So do this, my son, and deliver yourself; For you have come into the hand of your friend: Go and humble yourself; Plead with your friend.

6:4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
6:4 Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids.

6:5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6:5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
6:6 Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise,

6:7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
6:7 Which, having no captain, Overseer or ruler,

6:8 Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.
6:8 Provides her supplies in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest.

6:9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
6:9 How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep?

6:10 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
6:10 A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep--

6:11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
6:11 So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, And your need like an armed man.

6:12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
6:12 A worthless person, a wicked man, Walks with a perverse mouth;

6:13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
6:13 He winks with his eyes, He shuffles his feet, He points with his fingers;

6:14 Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
6:14 Perversity is in his heart, He devises evil continually, He sows discord.

6:15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
6:15 Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.

6:16 These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:
6:16 These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:

6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
6:17 A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood,

6:18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
6:18 A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil,

6:19 A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
6:19 A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.

6:20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
6:20 My son, keep your father's command, And do not forsake the law of your mother.

6:21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie them about thy neck.
6:21 Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie them around your neck.

6:22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
6:22 When you roam, they will lead you; When you sleep, they will keep you; And when you awake, they will speak with you.

6:23 For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:
6:23 For the commandment is a lamp, And the law a light; Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

6:24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
6:24 To keep you from the evil woman, From the flattering tongue of a seductress.

6:25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
6:25 Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.

6:26 For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
6:26 For by means of a harlot A man is reduced to a crust of bread; And an adulteress will prey upon his precious life.

6:27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
6:27 Can a man take fire to his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?

6:28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
6:28 Can one walk on hot coals, And his feet not be seared?

6:29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
6:29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her shall not be innocent.

6:30 [Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
6:30 People do not despise a thief If he steals to satisfy himself when he is starving.

6:31 But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
6:31 Yet when he is found, he must restore sevenfold; He may have to give up all the substance of his house.

6:32 [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
6:32 Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; He who does so destroys his own soul.

6:33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
6:33 Wounds and dishonor he will get, And his reproach will not be wiped away.

6:34 For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
6:34 For jealousy is a husband's fury; Therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

6:35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
6:35 He will accept no recompense, Nor will he be appeased though you give many gifts.